November 2008
25 posts
The Destroyer →
Robert Mugabe and the destruction of Zimbabwe.
Nov 30th
Review: Neuton CE 5.2 Battery-Powered Mower →
We bought one earlier this year and absolutely love it.
Nov 30th
Jupiter, Venus, Moon to Converge →
The three stars grouped closely in the sky this weekend.
Nov 26th
Cholera kills nearly 400 since August in Zimbabwe →
Inflation is now 230,000,000% (officially from July) and hundreds are dead.
Nov 26th
Airlines accused of using faulty luggage scales →
These scumbags will try anything to earn a buck.
Nov 25th
Damn you, FedEx! →
Nov 25th
Mugabe bans Carter from Zimbabwe →
The prospective visitors were “personalities deemed hostile to Zimbabwe.”
Nov 23rd
Let the record show, no hands went up →
CEOs from The Big 3 U.S. auto makers flew to Washington on 3 private jets to petition the government for piece of the $700 billion bailout.
Nov 20th
Dubai and the UAE →
Jude and I are planning a stop-over in Dubai on our way to Africa in a few months, and these photographs from The Big Picture make my mouth water. I can’t wait.
Nov 19th
Lance on his personal safety riding The Tour in... →
“Get some perspective”
Nov 19th
By law and by culture, Obama might have to turn in... →
Executives and non-executives alike have Blackberrys; should the president?
Nov 16th
Changes for the man of change →
“Now it’s just the two of them and 30 Secret Service agents.”
Nov 14th
Antarctica →
Stunning photography of the vast emptiness that is the bottom of the Earth.
Nov 14th
Fright →
Jude just got an email from a friend of hers in Sydney who found this spider on her pillow last night when she went to bed. JIMINY.
Nov 13th
Obama is big news at the NY Times →
Big headlines in history
Nov 13th
Up →
A new trailer for Pixar’s Up. This, too, looks good.
Nov 13th
Obama’s big news at the NY Times →
Big headlines in history
Nov 13th
Pictures: Inflation in Zimbabwe →
Photography of Zimbabweans and their money
Nov 12th
Mugabe seeks new Obama relations →
The president-elect has got a new friend in Zim’s president
Nov 12th
Home Makeover: ISS →
NASA helps tune up the space station
Nov 12th
YES WE CAN! →
Screenshot of the biggest headline of my lifetime.
Nov 5th
Happy Birthday, Dog →
It’s Holly’s 10th birthday today.
Nov 4th
Election Dashboard →
Live vote counting!
Nov 4th
Questions over aid spending in Zimbabwe →
From Sunday to Saturday: 3 million to 1.1 trillion
Nov 3rd
Captain Tony dies at 92 →
He said, “I ate the last mango in Paris Took the last plane out of Saigon Took the first fast boat to China And “Jimmy, there’s still so much to be done.”
Nov 3rd